| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 21 |
| AUTHOR: | Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.) |
| QUOTATION: | As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery of old age; first, it withdraws us from active accomplishments; second, it renders the body less powerful; third, it deprives us of almost all forms of enjoyment; fourth, it stands not far from death. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO, De Senectute (Of Old Age), book 5, section 15.—Herbert N. Couch, Cicero on the Art of Growing Old, p. 21 (1959). |
| SUBJECTS: | Aged |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia | | WORKS: | Cicero Collection | | |
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